--- title: “‘Well, really,’ answered the Miller, ‘I do not think it is much to… — The Happy Prince, and Other Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “‘Well, really,’ answered the Miller, ‘I do not think it is much to ask of you, considering that I am going to give you my wheelbarrow; but of course if you refuse I will go and do it myself.’ Who acts: I, garden, you. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, garden, you), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg902:5:15 # text = “‘Well, really,’ answered the Miller, ‘I do not think it is much to ask of you, considering that I am going to give you my wheelbarrow; but of course if you refuse I will go and do it myself.’ 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Well well INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 really really ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Miller Miller PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 19 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 ccomp _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 acl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 considering consider VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 ccomp _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 iobj _ _ 33 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 wheelbarrow wheelbarrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 37 of of ADP IN ExtPos=ADV 41 advmod _ _ 38 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 fixed _ _ 39 if if SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 refuse refuse VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 ccomp _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 conj _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 46 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | | | the Miller | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent miller=Eventuality | | 2 | **not** **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present · do-support | I | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | garden | | | | | much *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | of you | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent of you=Recipient | | 5 | **consider** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **give** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | my wheelbarrow | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient wheelbarrow=Theme | | 8 | **refuse** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 9 | **go** *in a quote* | future | I | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive | I *not said here* | garden | | | | myself *obl:unmarked* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Happy Prince, and Other Tales» by Oscar Wilde, Project Gutenberg book 902 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/5/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/5/16/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg902/5/)